Non-Fellow users

This task is part of the FellowshipHacks/Projects/Wiki project

Goal

Enable non-Fellows to have an account on the wiki, to promote more participation to campaigns etc.

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Last updated on: 091107

We have a test implementation on http://wiki-test.fsfe.org (see below for some details). Please report your suggestions!

Some notes about the current implementation available on https://wiki-test.fsfe.org/FrontPage?action=login

The MoinMoin login form invites people to join the Fellowship, or to request a guest account
- See https://wiki-test.fsfe.org/FrontPage?action=login
Guest accounts usernames automatically get a "Guest-" prefix prepended
Guest accounts are created in a disabled state, a notification email message is sent to an administrator, and the administrator must enable or delete the account.
- This feature derives from the patch published at http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinPatch/NewAccountApproveMail (updated to work with recent versions of MoinMoin, and adapted to our needs)
The MoinMoin password recovery feature is disabled and replaced by a link to the Fellowship site password recovery page, and by an invitation to contact us (for guest users)
As for the licensing policy, we used the standard "page_license" feature of MoinMoin, only changing slightly the message that appears in the edit page. The exact content of the policy page is still subject to debate: https://wiki-test.fsfe.org/LicensingPolicy

This is a list of subtasks to do for the completion of the task.

Should account creation be free (like in standard Moinmoin installs) or somehow moderated?
Do we want to enforce some prefix (like guest-) to non-Fellows usernames?
Maybe it's better to add the disclaimer The pages on this wiki do not constitute a statement by FSFE to the standard footer on each page?

(if we want) How to moderate account creation?
- Perhaps: disable "newaccount" action and manually create users with the moin command
(if we want) How to enforce a prefix on usernames?
- If we moderate account creation: see above
- Otherwise: I guess we must patch Moinmoin...
What moinmoin authenticator should we use for non-Fellows
(if we want) Have separate ACLs for Fellows and guests
- see auth_methods_trusted configuration
- see "Known" and "Trusted" ACL keywords